Author

J. Dana Trent

Author

J. Dana Trent, a graduate of Duke Divinity School, teaches world religions and critical thinking at Wake Tech Community College in Raleigh, North Carolina. She is an ordained Baptist minister and former hospital chaplain. Her work has appeared on Time.com and in Religion News Service, Sojourners, Religion Dispatches and The Christian Century.

She is also the award-winning author of four books on how to keep the faith amid crisis. Her most recent book is “Dessert First: Preparing for Death While Savoring Life.”

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